HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

LendKey Technologies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2017

Filed

Feb 15, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LendKey Technologies, Inc. →

LendKey Technologies, Inc. disclosed that consumer loan application data, including names and Social Security numbers, was accessible to the internet since June 27, 2016. The company discovered the unauthorized access on December 21, 2017, retained a security firm, and began notifying affected individuals in February 2018, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 542 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Jun 27, 2016

Begins

Dec 21, 2017

Discovered

Feb 15, 2018

Filed

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This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a3a3838c6a2416b2018-02-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_bb69ee321fe959ed2018-02-15Verified

Name: LendKey Technologies, Inc.
norm: lendkey technologies

Name: LendKey Technologies, Inc.
norm: lendkey technologies
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2016
Undetected for: 542 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 15, 2018
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly repaired the affected server
Launched an internal investigation
Retained the services of a computer security firm to assist in determining what happened
Took steps to terminate any unauthorized access
Determined how this event occurred
Confirmed what personal data may have been at risk
Working to ensure the security of our systems
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Working to ensure the security of our systems and to prevent something like this from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 15 · first

Montana State AGFeb 15 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/LendKey.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2018
Raw hash: 82b8a8eccb5a2cb4318f771ef47a104a900f0f6161062eeb9248c962cea8e0b9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLendKey Technologies, Inc.

Victim entityLendKey Technologies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2017

Stated responsePromptly repaired the affected server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov